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Ursula von der Leyen will face a vote of no confidence in the European Parliament on Thursday, six officials told Politico.
The latest challenge to the European Commission president, in what is turning out to be a difficult first year in her second term in power, will force the German to appear in a debate about her leadership among lawmakers in Strasbourg on Monday, followed by a vote three days later.
It is the first time in more than a decade that the head of the Commission has faced such action.
At this stage, the vote is largely symbolic, with most political groups already signaling they will vote against the no-confidence motion. But it underscores growing anger at her in Brussels after a series of controversial moves and scandals.
If the motion of no confidence were to be passed, it would lead to the resignation of the entire Commission and trigger the complex process of appointing 27 new European commissioners.
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, announced the schedule to the leaders of the political groups on Wednesday evening.
The debate is scheduled for Monday, during which von der Leyen will be introduced. This will be followed by a discussion in which the leaders of the political groups will express their views.
Right-wing Romanian lawmaker Gheorghe Piperea filed the no-confidence motion after gathering enough signatures last week to express outrage over her secret 2021 messages with Albert Bourla, the chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. They related to discussions on bringing vaccines to Europe at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
While some members of von der Leyen's European People's Party and the right-wing ECR have withdrawn their support for the motion after pressure from within their ranks, it still gathered the necessary 72 signatures.
Despite recent political turmoil, with socialists and liberals accusing von der Leyen of colluding with the far right to water down green reforms, the EU's central majority, which supported her presidency, has little appetite to back the move.
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